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From: lepslog@j51.com (Louis Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD as an ISP
Date: 18 Oct 1995 02:41:09 GMT
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Charles Tassell (ctassell@isn.net) wrote:
:   I'm working for a company that is about to set up an Internet Service 
: Provider in a relatively small market (we will probably have around 100 users 
: at the start)  What I am wondering is whether or not FreeBSD is stable and 
: supported enough to run as the router for a mainly PPP connections.

:   Any comments?  I know wuarchive runs off of a Pentium with FreeBSD but it's 
: just an FTP server, isn't it?

My current provider,who has close to 400 accounts split roughly 7:5 PPP:shell,
is planning to upgrade from UnixWare to FreeBSD soon...I plan to start an ISP
shortly with FreeBSD but can't predict my customer mix.